Faculty Research Interests

Cognitive Psychology

Denise Beike: autobiographical memory; emotion
Jim Lampinen: human memory; eyewitness testimony; false memory; recognition of missing or wanted persons; dual process models
Bill Levine: cognitive and affective processes involved in language comprehension
Grant Shields: executive functions; episodic memory; the influence of contextual factors (e.g., stress) on cognitive processing; neurobiological mechanisms underlying stress effects on cognition and health; computational cognitive modeling
Darya Zabelina: neural and cognitive mechanisms of attention; executive function; creativity; imagination; mindfulness
Byron L. Zamboanga: alcohol cognitions and risky drinking behaviors; acculturation and alcohol use; protective behavioral strategies


Developmental Psychology 

Doug Behrend: language and cognitive development; accent and dialect preferences; understanding of privileged information, intellectual humility and child 'conspiracy theories'
Ellen Leen-Feldner: developmental and experimental psychopathology approaches to anxiety, trauma, and related problems, including the effects of cannabinoids (e.g., Cannabidiol, Cannabigerol) on these indications  
Lin Tan: emotion, regulation, family processes, culture
Byron L. Zamboanga: alcohol cognitions and risky drinking behaviors; acculturation and alcohol use; protective behavioral strategies


Social Psychology 

Denise Beike: autobiographical memory; emotion
Scott Eidelman: political psychology; social and moral attitudes; stereotyping and prejudice
Stacey Makhanova: social perception; pathogen avoidance; close relationships; prejudice; biological processes related to hormones and the immune system


Neuroscience 

Connie Lamm: neural correlates of self-regulation
Josiah Leong: affect, neuroeconomics, perception
Grant Shields: cognitive and affective consequences of stress and related factors; neurobiological pathways linking stress to cognition; health
Darya Zabelina: neural and cognitive mechanisms of attention; executive function; creativity; imagination; mindfulness